A/N: I'M SO SORRY GUYS BUT THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST CHAPTER EVER. I had no clue what I was writing about so please excuse me. But it will get better soon!
Chapter 4
and fell with a sickening thud to the ground. All Percy could remember before the cold and darkness consumed him was Poseidon pointing his trident at Athena while Thalia kept shaking his almost lifeless body with tears in her eyes for him to get up. Percy took one last look at the world he lived in before he closed his eyes for the last time.
Or what he thought would be the last time….
"was he asleep? he wasn't in pain? where could he be?"
Percy opened his eyes and immediately realised that he wasn't in the underworld. It was almost the complete opposite…
He gasped at the sight in front of him, he was gazing down at the top of the hill and before his very eyes, the largest city he had ever seen. It was massive, his eyesight couldn't even see the edge of the city. It was designed to look like an ancient Greek Polis, but had many modern aspects to it… There were parks, archery ranges, training grounds, restaurants, palace and temples as well as many water features and pools around the whole town. Percy breathed in at the sight of this marvellous place, but was suddenly interrupted by a deep voice who belonged to a man clearing his throat.
"Well now, if you have finished admiring my realm, we can start discussions young Perseus."
Percy turned around and was greeted by the sight of none other than the Primordial god of the sky.
The old man was intimidating to Percy, tall and muscular with long grey hair and beard.
"That old man has one bad-ass looking beard…" Percy thought in his mind.
Percy looked at the primordial God confused, then after a moment or two he started putting everything together and once he had gotten over his sudden surprise he turned to the Primordial.
Percy bowed to the God, "I..I'm in the sky…. The stars… I'm in the sky… In your realm… Wait.. That means that Zo…." Percy decided not to speak the last part just yet.
"Yes, that is correct Young Perseus"
"But… What am I doing here? shouldn't I have been sent to the underworld?"
Ouranos smiled down at the young demigod and explained to him that at such a young age managed to stop a Titan was no easy feat, after seeing everything from the sky, Ouranos knew that there was no way he could prevent the death of this powerful and young demigod as it was only fate and part of the prophecy.
"So instead of heading to the underworld, I claimed your soul before it left your body and hence why you are here. Also if you recall you helped a certain child of Athena, Daedalus and King Minos was not happy, I wouldn't want to hear where you would be sent to if you did go to the underworld, knowing Minos his sly behaviour and trickery could've landed you in the Fields Of Punishments…"
As Ouranos finished his words he turned looked at his realm and then turned back to Percy with a sad glint in his eyes
"But all that is past us and you are here now, I am also deeply sorry that a deserving hero like you will not be getting a constellation.. It's just that Perseus, the original Perseus that is already has one in the sky and well… You see… I'm very sorry about that young one."
"Oh no, that was too much for me. I am already grateful you have helped me by bringing me to the stars Lord Ouranos. I do not deserve a constellation anyways, I haven't done as much as any other hero." replied Percy looking extremely shocked at how much the old God was offering.
Ouranos gave Percy a warm smile and put a hand on his shoulder, immediately they were both teleported into the polis.
"There is a certain someone that has been spending a lot of time watching you Perseus." Ouranos said with a small smirk.
"who? what do you mean watching me?" Percy asked as they walked down the street. Many people were here. Percy breathed in the whole area, it was beautiful… He really was in heaven after all.
Ouranos and Percy kept walking down while Ouranos told Percy about his realm and how everything operation. They stopped near a gateway that looked like a resort of some sorts, Percy could've sworn he was losing his mind till he looked more closely at the sign, it was in ancient Greek writing and it said:
"The Spirit of Ithaca"
"A true hero never dies, here are the heroes who 'Sleep' waiting to help the innocent and those in need."
"This is the village where some of the greatest heroes lie. Of course many of the legendary heroes live in the underworld, but we still have a few." Ouranos explained to Percy.
"Lord Ouranos, what does it mean waiting to help the innocent and those in need? how would they help those if they are dead?"
"You see Perseus, my realm is very.. ahh shall we say unique? I sometimes allow spirits to leave my court and they can either choose to head back to Earth to help during times of need or I could offer a deal with some of them. Lets just say that spirits and souls here can choose to be reborn with no troubles at all, but many choose not too as up here in the sky is almost as privileged to being in the Isle of the Blest, which of course you know the the ultimate paradise, better than Elysium."
Before Percy could speak a beautiful girl appeared at the entrance of the resort and Percy gasped as he couldn't speak realising who it was. She had a slender body type along with silky long black hair as well beautiful features, not to mention those gleaming volcanic black eyes… It was none other than the ex lieutenant of Artemis; Zoe Nightshade.
The girl bowed to Ouranos
"Welcome Lord Ouranos, what are you doing here in The Spirit of Ithaca?" she asked politely.
Ouranos smiled down warmly at the former huntress.
"Well I thought that maybe two old friends could catch up" he replied with a sly smirk on his face.
"Friend? who are you talking about my lord?" before she could speak out again she noticed him
He was just as handsome as she last remembered, tall muscular as well as those sea green eyes which looked at her with surprise…
"P… Per… Percy?"
"Uh an um uh, Zoe?" Percy replied looking shocked
she smiled widely before tackling him in a hug, when she pulled away she blushed a bit feeling embarrassed at her recent actions.
"What are you doing here percy? did… did you die?" she whispered to him.
Before Percy could reply Ouranos said
"Zoe, before you two catchup, how about you show Percy where he will be staying and show him around 'The Spirit of Ithaca'.
"Yes, of course sorry lord Ouranos" replied Zoe looking at her toes awkwardly
As Ouranos flashed out, Zoe grabbed Percy's hand which made both of them blush quite a bit and dragged him into the resort.
"So Zoe, I noticed that your accent and old style of speaking is gone, what happened? was it like magic or something?" asked Percy
"Percy I.. I.. Well you see I spend most of my time while here in the sky doing whatever I want, Lord Ouranos recommended I try to learn some modern english instead of the way I used to speak… and uh I spend a lot of time practising my archery…"
"Cmon Zoe, spit it out and tell me. I can see something's not right…"
"Well, I uh. c'mon i'll show you around and tell you later." as she grabbed his hand again and dragged him further into the resort.
Percy and Zoe spent the next few hours sitting on the sand on a beach that was part of Zoe's own villa. Percy recounted everything that happened after Zoe was sent to the stars. Zoe was particularly angry and intrigued when Percy told her about the most recent events that had just happened.
"I knew we shouldn't have saved that daughter of Athena. We saved her only for her to trick all of us again… How did I not see it coming?" Zoe whispered the last part to herself but Percy heard her and asked
"What do you mean you did not see it coming? What is going on?" Asked Percy with a quizzical look on his face
Zoe sighed knowing she had to tell Percy
"Well you see Percy, after I was sent to the stars I did not really enjoy my time here. That bastard Orion was here along in the sky and everyday he would not leave me alone. I lost it one day and ended up beating the crap out of him, after that Ouranos sent him away and well gave me the power to watch over the earth. I.. I spent a lot of time watching over you Percy. You were my only male friend that I trust until this day." Zoe looked away not meeting Percy's eyes while blushing slightly
"Well why didn't you just say so Zoe?
Zoe looked down at the waves splashing against the shore, "I guess you're right…. I'm sorry I should've told you."
Well well well, looks what we have here…
